Comparing alstria office REIT (OTCMKTS:ALSRF) & Macerich (NYSE:MAC)

alstria office REIT (OTCMKTS:ALSRF) and Macerich (NYSE:MAC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares alstria office REIT and Macerich’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
alstria office REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Macerich	$866.16 million	2.92	-$66.07 million	($0.40)	-29.38

alstria office REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Macerich.

Profitability

This table compares alstria office REIT and Macerich’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
alstria office REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A
Macerich	-10.07%	-3.01%	-1.09%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

90.1% of Macerich shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Macerich shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for alstria office REIT and Macerich, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
alstria office REIT	0	0	0	0	N/A
Macerich	2	1	1	0	1.75

Macerich has a consensus price target of $11.25, suggesting a potential downside of 4.26%. Given Macerich’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Macerich is more favorable than alstria office REIT.

Summary

Macerich beats alstria office REIT on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About alstria office REIT

alstria office REIT AG is the leading real-estate operator focusing solely on German office property in selected German markets. Our strategy is based on the ownership and an active management of our properties throughout their entire life cycle, strong added-value services to our customers and deep knowledge of the markets in which we operate. alstria strives for sustainable long-term value creation while taking advantage of short-term arbitrage of inefficiencies in the real estate markets.

About Macerich

Macerich is a fully integrated, self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT). As a leading owner, operator and developer of high-quality retail real estate in densely populated and attractive U.S. markets, Macerich's portfolio is concentrated in California, the Pacific Northwest, Phoenix/Scottsdale, and the Metro New York to Washington, D.C. corridor. Developing and managing properties that serve as community cornerstones, Macerich currently owns 47 million square feet of real estate consisting primarily of interests in 44 regional town centers. Macerich is firmly dedicated to advancing environmental goals, social good and sound corporate governance. A recognized leader in sustainability, Macerich has achieved a #1 Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) ranking for the North American retail sector for eight consecutive years (2015-2022).